The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky
- ISBN 13:
9780060834821
- ISBN 10:
006083482X
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 02/10/2010
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
- Newer Edition
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Summary
The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II examines the way Americans apprehend an alien culture and the way their incomprehension destroys them.
The Sheltering Sky is a landmark of twentieth-century literature. In this intensely fascinating story, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans' incomprehension of alien cultures leads to the ultimate destruction of those cultures.
A story about three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, The Sheltering Sky explores the limits of humanity when it touches the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the desert.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.